6-letter words containing a, n
- anemo- — indicating wind
- anenst — anent (def 2).
- anergy — lack of energy
- anetic — soothing
- angara — a river in S Russia, in Siberia, flowing from Lake Baikal north and west to the Yenisei River: important for hydroelectric power. Length: 1840 km (1150 miles)
- angary — the right of a belligerent state to use the property of a neutral state or to destroy it if necessary, subject to payment of full compensation to the owners
- angela — a feminine name: dim. Angie; var. Angelica, Angelina, Angeline
- angell — Sir Norman, real name Ralph Norman Angell Lane. 1874–1967, English writer, pacifist, and economist, noted for his work on the economic futility of war, The Great Illusion (1910): Nobel peace prize 1933
- angelo — a male given name.
- angels — a male or female given name.
- angers — a city in W France, on the River Maine. Pop: 156 965 (2006)
- angico — the South American tree, Parapiptadenia rigida
- angina — Angina is severe pain in the chest and left arm, caused by heart disease.
- angio- — indicating a blood or lymph vessel; seed vessel
- angiya — a short-sleeved bodice that ends just below the breasts, worn by Muslim women in India.
- angkor — a large area of ruins in NW Cambodia, containing Angkor Thom (tɔːm ), the capital of the former Khmer Empire, and Angkor Wat (wɒt ), a three-storey temple, which were overgrown with dense jungle from the 14th to 19th centuries
- angled — set at an angle
- angler — An angler is someone who fishes with a fishing rod as a hobby.
- angles — Plural form of angle.
- anglia — England
- anglic — the English language in a simplified spelling devised by R. E. Zachrisson (1880–1937), a Swedish philologist, to make English easier to use as an auxiliary language. About 40 of the most frequent words are kept in their usual spellings; the rest of the vocabulary is spelled phonetically with letters of the traditional 26-letter alphabet.
- anglo- — Anglo- combines with adjectives indicating nationality to form adjectives which describe something connected with relations between Britain and another country.
- anglos — Plural form of anglo.
- angola — a republic in SW Africa, on the Atlantic: includes the enclave of Cabinda, north of the River Congo; a Portuguese possession from 1575 until its independence in 1975; multiparty constitution adopted in 1991; factional violence. It consists of a narrow coastal plain with a large fertile plateau in the east. Currency: kwanza. Religion: Christian majority. Capital: Luanda. Pop: 18 565 269 (2013 est). Area: 1 246 693 sq km (481 351 sq miles)
- angora — An angora goat or rabbit is a particular breed that has long silky hair.
- angrez — Alternative capitalization of Angrez.
- angsty — displaying or feeling angst, esp in a self-conscious manner
- angust — (obsolete) Narrow; strait; contracted; not spacious.
- anhalt — a former duchy and state of central E Germany, now part of the state of Saxony-Anhalt: part of East Germany until 1990
- anhima — A South American aquatic bird; the horned screamer or kamichi (Palamedea cornuta).
- anicca — (in Theravada Buddhism) the belief that all things, including the self, are impermanent and constantly changing: the first of the three basic characteristics of existence
- anicut — a dam, found in streams in India, which serves to control the flow of an irrigation system
- anight — at or by night
- anilin — aniline
- animal — An animal is a living creature such as a dog, lion, or rabbit, rather than a bird, fish, insect, or human being.
- animas — soul; life.
- animus — If a person has an animus against someone, they have a strong feeling of dislike for them, even when there is no good reason for it.
- anions — Plural form of anion.
- anises — Plural form of anise.
- anisic — relating to or resulting from anise
- aniso- — not equal
- ankara — the capital of Turkey: an ancient city in the Anatolian highlands: first a capital in the 3rd century bc, in the Celtic kingdom of Galatia. Pop: 3 593 000 (2005 est)
- ankeny — a town in central Iowa.
- anking — a city in S Anhui province, in E China, on the Chang Jiang: former capital of Anhui.
- ankled — (in combination) Having some specific type of ankle.
- ankles — Plural form of ankle.
- anklet — an ornamental chain worn around the ankle
- anlace — a medieval short dagger with a broad tapering blade
- anlage — the basis of a later development; foundation
- anlaut — initial position in a word, especially as a conditioning environment in sound change.